Canes great Edgerrin James named "ACC Legend'' & Tulsa Shock G & former Cane All-American Riquna Williams named '13 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year

Congratulations to two former UM standouts. Below are the releases sent by UM:

Edgerrin James Named to 2013 ACC Football Legends
Class

Class will be
honored at 2013 Dr Pepper ACC Championship in Charlotte

CORAL GABLES, Fla.
–
Former Miami Hurricanes running back Edgerrin James is one of 15 standouts named
to the 2013 ACC Football Legends Class, the conference announced Wednesday.
James will be recognized at Miami’s Nov. 23 home finale vs.
Virginia.

The Legends Class
will be honored during this year’s Dr Pepper ACC Football Championship Game
weekend. They will be honored Dec. 6 at the ACC Night of Legends sponsored by
the Belk Bowl and during ceremonies at Charlotte’s Bank of America Stadium for
the 9th Annual ACC Football Championship, with will be nationally televised Dec.
7 at either 7:45 p.m. ET (ESPN) or 8 p.m. ET (ABC). Tickets for the Night of
Legends are $85 each and are available here.

The group of 15 former gridiron
standouts from current ACC schools includes a former ACC Football Player of the
Year; 10 former All-Americas, including six first-team All-America honorees; and
12 players who combined for 97 years in the NFL. Twelve of the Legends were
drafted into the NFL, including six first- or second-round draft choices.

In all, the collection of
players combined for two national championships, five ACC Championships and one
Super Bowl title.

An explosive runner who
averaged 6.2 yards per carry throughout his career, James is one of the most
successful running backs in Miami history. Though he played just three seasons
in college, James totaled 2,960 yards and still has the top two single-game
rushing days in school history. He ran for a school-record 299 yards against
UCLA in 1998 and for 271 yards against Boston College in 1997. He is the only
running back in school history to post multiple 1,000-yard seasons and helped
the Canes compiled a 23-12 mark, while earning two bowl
berths.

The fourth overall selection in
the 1999 NFL Draft by Indianapolis, he played 11 seasons in the NFL, including
his first seven with the Colts. He was named to the NFL Pro Bowl four teams. He
was named the 1999 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year by the AP and claimed the
NFL rushing title in each of his first two seasons in the league. After leaving
Indianapolis, he played three seasons with Arizona, leading the Cardinals to
Super Bowl XLIII. He completed his professional career with Seattle in 2009,
accumulating 12,246 career rushing yards and 80 touchdowns. He was named to the
NFL All-Decade Team for the 2000s. Originally from Immokalee, Fla., James now
resides in Miami.

Riquna Williams Named WNBA Sixth Woman of
the YearTulsa Shock guard and
former Hurricanes All-American Riquna Williams was named the 2013 WNBA Sixth
Woman of the Year

NEW
YORK --Tulsa
Shock guard and former Miami Hurricanes All-American Riquna Williams was named
the 2013 WNBA Sixth Woman of the Year, the WNBA announced Tuesday. Williams
received 17 votes from a national panel of 39 sportswriters and broadcasters to
earn the award.

“We
are once again so proud of Riquna and her accomplishments this season,” Miami
head coach Katie Meier said. “She has always been a ‘game-changer’ at every
level, and it is a testament to her work ethic that she continues to be one in
the WNBA.”

The
second-year guard averaged 15.6 points in 27 games for Tulsa in 2013, including
21 games off the bench. Williams also averaged 2.4 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.0
steals, and burst onto the scene with a record-setting 51-point performance
against San Antonio in early September.

The
Pahokee, Fla., native shot 17-for-28 from the field in a 98-65 win over the
Silver Stars, including eight 3-point baskets, to set a single-game WNBA scoring
record. The 51-point effort surpassed the previous mark of 47 set by Phoenix's
Diana Taurasi in 2006 and Seattle's Lauren Jackson in 2007, earning her a
career-first Western Conference Player of the Week Award.

Williams
was selected in the second round (17th overall)
of the 2012 WNBA Draft, becoming the fourth player in Miami Hurricanes history
to be drafted. She finished her inaugural WNBA campaign ranked third among
rookies in both assists (2.1) and steals (1.55), and fourth in scoring (10.5) en
route to 2012 All-Rookie honors.

In
recognition of her selection as Sixth Woman of the Year, Williams will receive
$5,000 and a specially-designed trophy from Tiffany &
Co.